Odometer.



C. H. VERDER.

ODOMETBB..

rPLIoATon HLBD 11111.12, 1911.

Paiend Aug. 29, I19.1.1.

` c. H. VERDER.

ODOMETER.

Tum TILBD Ju.12,1911. y

Patented Allgf29, 1911.

PPLIGA 2 SHEETE-SHEET E.

In Ven tor:

Attest:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CURTIS HossEY VEEDER, 0F HARTFD, ooNiIEo'rIoU'r, AssIGNoR 'ro THE VEEDERWPVNUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 0F .1.i; '4 I, v .1 .i i, n V.'

To all whom 'it 'may cfrioeii'ii'i.4 ABe it lciown that Ia CURTIS HUSSYl Vennen, a citizen of the United States, residing 'iii the cit-y ofHartford, iny the State ofx Connecticut, have invented certainnew anduseful Improvements in Odometers, of which the following is a,specification, rcfercnce being-had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part hereof.

llhis invention relates to the means for actuating hub odometers formotor and other vehicles, which are mounted within casings secured tonor forming parts of the hubs of the vehicles and rotate therewith, theactuation of the registering.mechanism being effected throughconnections to the stationary axles upon which the wheels are mounted.

The invention is' particularly concerned with tlie actuating connectionsand has for .its object to provide connectionswhiclifnrc suitedV tospecial requirements of use.

The invention will be iiiore fully cx plained hereinafter with referenceto the accompanying drawings in wli=icl1- Figure l is a view partly inend elevation and partlyin transverse section of a 4wheel hub wit-l1 theinvention applied "thereto, Fig. 2 is a detail view in section on theplane indicated by the line Q'-2 ot Fig. 1 looking in the direction oft-lie arrows. Figs, 3 and ltare detail views, on a larger scale,`insection on the )lade indicated by the coninion sectioiiline looking inthe direction of the arrows 33 and 4-4. respectively.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings e-iiouiggli of a wheel hub a is shownto enable the invention Vto be understood, a port-ion -of the.`

stationary axle on which the wheel is mounted being indicated by dottedlilies at b' in Fig. 2. The hub is shown as having formed integrallytherewith a cap c which forms a register chamber 0.', the registerchamber be Aing separated from the axle chamber a by a removable plateai which provided centrally with u suitable stuffing box d to ex cludegrease 'and dirt from the register chamber c. The cap is provided with aglazed sight o eniiig c2 -tlirongli which thel register e ma be read.The register may be of any suitab e kind and is shown as secured to thecap with its axis transverse to the axle oponerse 'Peter-waiting'. e9i'iifi 1.

b by' screws e" which alsol secure `snp"iortr spring-pressed pa wls gwhich engage a stationary, internal ratchet wheel g2 secured to theframe e2. The pawl carrier L is likewise provided with one or morespringprcsscd pawls /i which engage an internal ratchet wheel 71.2, Thelatter is Secured to a sleeve z' which is mounted to rotate on `theshaft f which carries a worm wheel t" whic i is engaged by a wprni 7.3:on a short shaft c mounted for relative rotation in .the hub d2 of tli'eplate cl and having a loose connection with the stationary axle Z2. Thisconnection may beof'tany suitable construction which `will preventrotation of the shaft ic while permitting the necessary relativedisplacement ot the hub and axle. As the shaft la i and its worin areheld from. rotation with the hul c and as the register and the 'Worintheel i rotate with the linb around the worm tf, the worin wheel willhave imparted to it arelative rotation about 'the axis of the drivingshaft f' of the register and, through the internal ratchet wheel h2 andthe` awl carrie!" Fi. and driving sha'tt f, will actiiate theregistermechanism. Should the vehicle wheel -be rotatedffiu the reversedirection the internal ratchet wheel h2 will slip idly over the pawls Itand the pawls g', engaging the stationary, internal ratchet g2, willprevent the register mechanism from being rotated backward.

lhe details of construction may be varied to suit different conditionsof use, and the invention, therefore, is not limited to the preciseconstruction shown.

I claim as my invention:

The combination with it wheel hub, of a register support-ed by the liubwith its axis transverse to the axis ofthe hub, a Worm shaft and wormsupported by the hub and adapted to have a loose enga gement with theaxle of tlie\vlieel, a driving shaft 'for the register mechanism, aworin wheel mounted loosely on the driving shaft, two pawl cari riersmounted on the drivin shaft to rotate `ThisI specification signed andwitnessed therewith, an internal rate et I4wheel conthis 10th day ofJanuary, 1911.

nected with the worm wheel and co eratin with one of said awl carriersand apstationgv CURTIS HUSSEY VEEDER 5 ary internal rate et wheelcoperating with Signed in the presence ofthe other of said pawl carriersto prevent CHARLES G. ALLYN, reverse rotation of the driving shaft.AMAsA TROWBBIDGE.

